Crime report: SWAT team raids house, arrests man for making meth

Shelby County Sheriff deputies arrested a man this morning for making methamphetamine at his house near Millington.

William Bishop, 46, was taken into custody at 6 a.m. after neighbors reported a strong chemical odor coming from his home at 6732 Louise Drive near Navy Road.

Deputies initially went to Bishop's house just after midnight. However, when officers arrived, Bishop ran inside and refused to come out.

The Sheriff's Office SWAT Team responded and forced their way into the house. Bishop was not armed and no one was hurt.

Deputies found ammonia, batteries, drain opener and other ingredients used to make meth outside in a storage shed. The investigation is continuing and more arrests are expected.

Sheriff's deputies have discovered 18 meth labs in 2010, compared with 21 in the same period in 2009.

Four charged with making meth

Memphis Police officers charged four people early this morning after finding a methamphetamine lab at 1334 Faxon near North Watkins.

Jessica Beake, 32, and Anita Hughes, 33, face charges of possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia after police discovered items to make meth in a trash can behind the residence. Also charged were Brandon Bates, 29, and Eric Naimo, 29.

Inside officers found a passel of home items commonly used to make meth including glass bowls, a plastic funnel lithium batteries, peroxide and coffee filters.

Woman allegedly fills 15 fraudulent prescriptions

A 54-year-old Cordova woman faces 15 counts of forging prescriptions to get hydrocodone.

Authorities believe that between Jan. 5 and March 27, Pamela Scroggins used fraudulent prescriptions 15 times to buy the drug, which is a pain killer.

She is a former employee of a doctor's office, which had only authorized two prescriptions, which were filled last year. She was recently fired from the doctor's office.